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ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.
(b) That the use of any preservative or colouring matter whatever in milk offered for sale in the United
Kingdom be constituted an offence under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
(c) That the only preservative which it shall be lawful to use in cream be boric acid or mixtures of boric
acid and borax, and in amount not exceeding 0'25 per cent., expressed as boric acid. The amount on such
preservative to be notified by a label upon the vessel.
(d) That the only preservative permitted to be used in butter and margarine be boric acid or mixtures of
boric acid and borax, to be used in proportions not exceeding 0.5 per cent., expressed as boric acid.
(e) That in all cases of dietetic preparations intended for the use of invalids or infants chemical preservatives
of all kinds be prohibited.
(/) That the use of copper salts in the so-called greening of preserved foods be prohibited.
(g) That means be provided either by the establishment of a separate Court of Reference or by the
imposition of more direct obligation on the Local Government Board to exercise supervision over the use of
preservatives and colouring matters in foods, and to prepare schedules of such as may be considered inimical to
the public health.
The President of the Local Government Board, in replying to latest question as to his
intentions to give effect to the Committee's recommendations, got no further than to state that he
was considering the Report of the Committee.